The 4th of July’s biggest bang!

Now don’t get me wrong; I remember the Transformers. I also remember the Go-Bots and Weebulls. However I just didn’t think I would ever type these words: This Movie Was Awsome. In a Summer filled with sequals and unoriginal plots, I wasn’t expecting much from this outing about kids toys on the big-screen. Michael Bay has made me rethink my first-impression prejudice.

The film is right up there with Independence Day. You remember the Will Smith sci-fi spectacular? Both films are equally as entertaining and pretty similar. Both are about the impending doom coming to Earth. Both have the Government hiding a secret. Both took a mediocre star (Will Smith) and changed the way we perceive him (Shia LaBeouf). Without ruining any of the film; it’s pretty much your Doomsday Vehicle for Summer. With one exception: It’s FUN! The Cars, the Bots, and the sets are amazing to look at. Each left me wanting another huge chase or battle to erupt. The scale at which the film takes place is just worth the ticket price.

If you are into the Transformers (kids or adults) I think you will feel that this movie has treated the characters on a grand-scale. However if your looking for true action Die Hard 4 is still showing. However I have to say this: This movie was far more entertaining and Optimus Prime never told Megatron “Yippie Kay Yae Mother…!”

If you see one Transformer film this Summer make sure this is it. However I hear John Travolta gives the Auto-Bots a run for their money.

Don’t miss our upsoming KID PIX on Transformers the Game for the 360!

GVU HD DVD Preview/Review

This is part 3 of the 5 part series of reviews on the Xbox 360 accessories. Todays review is on the Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD player.

Thanks to those that leave comments and/or suggestions, good or bad, I take notice of all of them.

Call of Duty 4 Community Event and Game Preview !!

from Avid X of 360style.net

One week ago , I found myself on a plane flying out to sunny Encino, California. Believe me I was excited to be one of the first to see Call of Duty 4 running on an Xbox 360. Once at the airport I met up with a few other community members who got the special golden ticket to this community event. We hopped on our shuttle and were off to Infinity Ward.

Once we got there and got inside we were greeted by the community manager and we were handed name tags that had our names and gamertags printed on them. First thing on our itinerary was a tour of the studio.

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Big Prizes in the Simpsons Play & Win

To celebrate the upcoming release of The Simpsons™ movie, we’ve got a special Play & Win with five exclusive Simpsons Xbox 360™ consoles as Grand Prizes!

The Simpsons Movie Play & Win Sweepstakes runs from July 2 to July 17, 2007, and each day you play Cloning Clyde online counts as an entry into the sweepstakes. Five lucky winners will receive one of The Simpsons Movie branded Xbox 360 Pro Consoles (Approximate Retail Value $399).

How to Enter

• Register your gamertag here.
• Play Cloning Clyde online between July 2 - July 17.
• Check your e-mail to see if you”re a winner!

Gamers Video Update July 3

This is part 2 of the 5 part series of reviews on the Xbox 360 accessories. Todays review is on the Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Headset.

Thanks to those that leave comments and/or suggestions, good or bad, I take notice of all of them

XBLRadio ver 47: Summer Drought? It’s Raining Games!

Ver 47.0: Avail 07/02/2007

More Reviews, More Voices, More Music…

TECH NEWS:
-Apple’s Iphone: Talk, Surf, and listen to XBL Radio with this expensive gadget.
-Brain Strain: A new device for couch potatoes. Don’t think about missing this topic (or you will).
-Brain Train: Nicole Kidman wishes scientologists would use her newest endorsement.
-The Sarcastic Gamer Interview: Think “Wire-less Al”. Meet “Doc” from SarcasticGamer.com.

GAME NEWS:
-Wii Downloadable games: The Wii does a 360 on its Wii Game downloads.
-A new game Identity: A new game tie-in is Bourne!
-Manhunt 2: Not banned because it’s for Gay Gamers. Oh you know why, but listen anyway.

GAME REVIEWS and KID PIX:

-Call of Juarez: Carpal gets rode hard and put up wet as TOG gets the scoop on this Western shoot-em-up.
-The Fantastic 4: The name is quite a stretch for this movie tie-in.
-Monster Madness: This game is so much fun it’s scary.
-SHADOWRUN: Join TOG as he grills Rusty and Gui J over the 360 version, and MrCarpalTunnel on the Vista version. It’s our largest review yet. It’s probably the most honest review on this title to-date. If your on the fence about this game (or deciding which version to get) don’t pass up this in-depth look at SHADOWRUN.

All this PLUS: The Marketplace Minute™: The Marketplace Minute: Whatever happened to Gui J? Useless Tips™, Console Crimes™ ;all this and The 360FriendSpot Spot featuring Squidpunch.

Direct Download ver 47.0,
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“FACE MELTERS UNITE!”

Here it is my dear friends, Gamespot has footage of ROCK BAND! Yes! This game will own our souls.

I will without a doubt pay the full price tag for this. “Oh well…honey it looks like the kids will be eating ramen till september.” Let see if all those years of choir pays off. Yeah I said it GUI J was in choir..honors choir as a matter of fact wanna make something of it?

Then bring it! When rock band comes out XBL Radio VS. YOU!

Gamer’s Video Update Xbox 360 Vision Camera Review

Today I have part 1of a 5 part series where I am going to be going into the Xbox 360 accessories. Today is going to be about the Xbox 360 Vision Camera. So stay tuned to fine out if it is any good

Do you have a website? Want Exposure?

Are you trying to get some notice out there in the gaming world? If so your in luck. Over here at XBL Radio we are looking for some audio promos to air during our show to help segment the show and we want your infomercials. So if you have one (feel free to make one if you don’t) email them to me at Steve@xblradio.com in mp3 format. Keep it no longer then 30 secs, in fact 30 secs would be perfect. And if you have a well put together promo, good sound quality is a must, we will happily air it on our show.

One more red ring

My 360 died a couple days ago, finally. I always thought i was lucky, that my 360 wouldn’t die but it finally has and now that its happened, I’m not too surprised.

It was purchased early January 2006 and while it wasn’t in the launch batch that had an extremely high failure rate it was the 2nd batch of 360’s. I never had to deal with customer support because this is my first console that has died and i can say now that there’s noting worse than calling up only to hear that you must pay $140 to fix a console that broke because of manufacture error. And even though i quoted reports saying failure rates where 30% and explaining the basics of why the 360 breaks i was unable to receive a free repair because “we have repaired to many 360’s for free” but i did get a 25% discount bringing the fee down to only $100.

Now Ive gotten over the anger of having to pay the fee, but i have not gotten over the fact that Microsoft knows they can give the $40 discount. And they refuse to do so without a little hassling which us not fair to a normal person who has a 360. If you’re not active in forums or read news sites and you’re just a guy who owns a 360 to play Madden once in a while you wont know that you can get the discount and i think its unfair that they have to pay the extra $40. Microsoft needs to help their customers not cheat them. Something needs to be done to protect the gamers and that something needs to be done quick.